Bottle-tag



(No Model.)

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BOTTLE TAG.

Patented Apr. 10,1883.

Inveriir:

%M (QT we UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN K. STANLY, OF NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-TAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,432, dated April10, 1883.

Application filed January 19, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN K. STANLY, of Newburyport, in the county ofEssex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Bottle-Tags, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming a part ofthis specification, in which the figure is a plan view of my improvedtag detached.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawing. 7

My invention relates to that class of bottletags which are detachableand designed for designating the contents of the bottle; and it consistsin a tag composed of elastic rubber or similar material, and having aring or loop adapted to pass over the neck of the bottle, the loop andbody of the tag being integral or formed of one piece, whereby asimpler, cheaper, and more efiective device of this character isproduced than has heretofore been in ordinary use. g

It is usual to attach tags of this class to the bottle by means of ashort chain passing around the neck of the same, and permitting the tagto swing freely in any direction 5 but tags, when so attached, areeasily displaced, and very'liable to assume aposition in pouring out thecontents of the bottle to materiallyinterfere'with the properperformance of that operation. The chain being loose around the neck ofthe bottle, the tag is also liable to become accidentally displaced, sothatits inscripof elastic rubber, or similar material, preferablycntfrom sheet-rubber by means of a suitabledie, and inscribed toindicate the contents of the bottle on which it is used. The hole in theloop or ring should be slightly smaller than the neck of the bottle ordecanter for which it is designed, so that when in use it will actcontractively to keep the tag in proper position. The tag and loop beingin one piece, it will be obvious that the body of the tag is not liableto be accidentally displaced. or turned so as to cover its inscription,and that it cannot fall down into a position to interfere with the useof the bottle.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is---- Asan improvedarticle of manufacture, a bottle-tag composed of elastic rubber orsimilar material, its attaching loop and body being integral, or formedot'one piece, substantially as set forth.

NATHAN K. STANLY.

Witnesses:

L. J. WHITE, 0. A. SHAW.

